Coping with trauma symptoms
Yoga in schools, staff rooms, and community health centres
Karen George was at a loss about how to help her client, a woman so severely depressed that she was…
How therapists cope with compassion fatigue
By Tannis Price, therapist-in-training Have you ever found yourself feeling numb to other people’s problems, or to sad stories on…
Yoga at home for depression and anxiety
“Isolation makes any problem bigger,” says Leslie Wilkin, a clinical social worker. Normally, Leslie Wilkin sees her clients at Island…
How trauma-informed yoga empowers cancer patients
When we think of trauma, we often imagine an assault from the outside. But when someone is diagnosed with a…
Why hands-on assists aren't right for trauma-informed yoga
Touch can be relational, connecting, healing, and necessary for well-being. But Yoga Outreach (YO) classes are touch-free zones for several…
Why use invitational language in trauma-informed yoga?
Directly commanding someone to move their body in a certain way can trigger a defensive response, particularly for survivors…
Lessons in Conference Planning - After Boundaries and Bridges 2019
why host a conference about bad stuff? On May 25, Yoga Outreach hosted its first ever conference: Exploring Boundaries, Building…
Do grouchy, judgemental smokers belong at yoga? Yes!
Q and A with Julie Peters In preparation for Yoga Outreach’s first conference (May 25), we asked the scheduled panelists…
Can yoga help teens with trauma beat addictions and stay out of jail?
Imagine lacking the ability to self-regulate in a place where you are denied a privilege every time you break a…
Chew on this, Blue Monday
If Blue Monday is a duvet day, Depression is a bare mattress, a pile of stinking sheets and a coin…